Hexagram 22Pi - Grace

Nine at the beginning [yang at bottom] means:
He lends grace to his toes, leaves the carriage, and walks.

'The Tour Bus' - Edward Lamson Henry, 1875

A beginner in subordinate place must take upon himself the labor of advancing. There might be an opportunity of surreptitiously easing the way - symbolised by the carriage - but a self-contained man scorns help gained in a dubious fashion. He thinks it more graceful to go on foot than to drive in a carriage under false pretences.